Re: 96% Alcohol - Flogging the Dead Horse

We must keep in mind that charcoal filtering was practiced in Poland and Russia because the early product from commercial pot distillation was terrible, and

Message 1 of 8
, Feb 2, 2003

We must keep in mind that charcoal filtering was practiced in Poland
and Russia because the early product from commercial pot distillation
was terrible, and there was a need to remove congeners quickly. These
days it is more of a marketing ploy. For example Absolut apparently
uses a continuous reflux still, then adds congeners to give its
product a vodka character. Eastern Europeans will tell you vodka does
have flavor.
Wal
-- In Distillers@yahoogroups.com, "smudge311065 <smudge@b...>"
<smudge@b...> wrote:

> >--- In Distillers@yahoogroups.com, "Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)"
> >Tony.Ackland@c...> wrote:
> >
> >You only use carbon if you want to make the taste cleaner. If you
> >dont mind what it already tastes like, then there is no need to

use

> >carbon.
> >
> > Tony
>
> Now that sounds like a cop-out to me.
>
> I thought this fascination with 96% was about an objective measure

of

> quality. There's a distinction between something that tastes good,
> and a taste you can tolerate. I could drink my undistilled wash if
> didn't mind the taste and save myself a lot of time and trouble.
>
> I'm very suspicious of anyone that says the output of their hobby
> still requires nothing but watering back. I have attached a list of
> vodka brands and how they are produced. Am I to believe they go to
> all that trouble for nothing? Would they benefit from joining this
> newsgroup, perhaps?
>
> Call me cynical, but "not needing filtering" may have less to do

with

> ground-breaking distillation techniques and more to do with the

part

> of the brain that tells us our own farts smell better than anyone
> else's.
>
> If something is good then people will want to buy it. Ethanol at

95%

> is fantastic for removing sticky labels from glass jars, but as a
> drink its popularity is limited to two groups:
>
> People who make it themselves
> People who live in dumpsters
>
> Most (distilled) alcohol destined for consumption is, sold at 40%,
> distilled and filtered numerous times or aged for years, or both.
>
> Some may say it's unnecessary. Some may say it's a conspiracy. I
> think I know a fart when I smell one.
>
>
> Vodkas:
>
> Belvedere Vodka - Distilled 4 times and charcoal filtered.
> Boru Vodka - Quadruple distilled then filtered through 10 feet of
> charcoal made from Atlantic Irish Oak.
> Charodei Vodka - Uses a unique filtering system, discovered by the
> Minsk Institute of Technology. The vodka is purified through a
> natural mineral called Cremia, a black flint found in Belarus.
> Finlandia Vodka - Continuous distillation. Filtered through